Cyclists injured on Motorway
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You’ve just joined a motorway, you haven’t been hypnotised by hours of cruise driving here.
You shouldn’t be running into anything in the daylight.
I suspect tourists not understanding the signs as this turns from a dual carriageway to a motorway, you don’t actively join it, you need to actively leave it.
Doubt it’s Strava or Deliveroos knobs.
You shouldn’t be running into anything in the daylight.
I suspect tourists not understanding the signs as this turns from a dual carriageway to a motorway, you don’t actively join it, you need to actively leave it.
Doubt it’s Strava or Deliveroos knobs.
EmailAddress said:
There is quite some arrogance of thought in this thread. Those thinking they should have a completely uninhibited 1x Lepton cruise without hindrance.
Perhaps a moment to reconsider sight lines and consider stopping distances and what scenarios might occur where one may need to anchor on.
Not too advocate any particular activities.
But every thread is an opportunity to evaluate and learn.
Perhaps a moment to reconsider sight lines and consider stopping distances and what scenarios might occur where one may need to anchor on.
Not too advocate any particular activities.
But every thread is an opportunity to evaluate and learn.
on the myriad country lanes around here, I drive to the conditions, the limited sight lines, and I give cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders at least a lane’s worth of room, otherwise I won’t pass (I do get beeped by people but given the state of the roads, I’m not going to jeopardise a cyclist’s welfare). If some brain dead eejits do not understand the Highway Code then what do they or you expect? Someone doing a legal 70mph to slow down to 25 mph whilst some f
ktards are riding illegally on the motorway? See those blue signs right there? it is illegal to ride a bike on them for a very good reason: eejits might and most likely will get hurt. I hope the driver is compensated for the trauma caused by these fools. matchmaker said:
It looks nothing like a dual carriageway - it is clearly a motorway. I use it regularly and was caught up in this. It happened several weeks ago.
What doe a motorway look like as compared to a dual carriageway, except for the colour of signs?Oh, and yes. That's a Pedestrian Crossing on the motorway.
Edited by Solocle on Friday 28th June 20:56
Diderot said:
on the myriad country lanes around here, I drive to the conditions, the limited sight lines, and I give cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders at least a lane’s worth of room, otherwise I won’t pass (I do get beeped by people but given the state of the roads, I’m not going to jeopardise a cyclist’s welfare). If some brain dead eejits do not understand the Highway Code then what do they or you expect? Someone doing a legal 70mph to slow down to 25 mph whilst some fktards are riding illegally on the motorway? See those blue signs right there? it is illegal to ride a bike on them for a very good reason: eejits might and most likely will get hurt. I hope the driver is compensated for the trauma caused by these fools. king up other humans that you can see, because you consider them mentally inferior to you.EmailAddress said:
Diderot said:
on the myriad country lanes around here, I drive to the conditions, the limited sight lines, and I give cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders at least a lane’s worth of room, otherwise I won’t pass (I do get beeped by people but given the state of the roads, I’m not going to jeopardise a cyclist’s welfare). If some brain dead eejits do not understand the Highway Code then what do they or you expect? Someone doing a legal 70mph to slow down to 25 mph whilst some fktards are riding illegally on the motorway? See those blue signs right there? it is illegal to ride a bike on them for a very good reason: eejits might and most likely will get hurt. I hope the driver is compensated for the trauma caused by these fools. king up other humans that you can see, because you consider them mentally inferior to you.Diderot said:
EmailAddress said:
Diderot said:
on the myriad country lanes around here, I drive to the conditions, the limited sight lines, and I give cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders at least a lane’s worth of room, otherwise I won’t pass (I do get beeped by people but given the state of the roads, I’m not going to jeopardise a cyclist’s welfare). If some brain dead eejits do not understand the Highway Code then what do they or you expect? Someone doing a legal 70mph to slow down to 25 mph whilst some fktards are riding illegally on the motorway? See those blue signs right there? it is illegal to ride a bike on them for a very good reason: eejits might and most likely will get hurt. I hope the driver is compensated for the trauma caused by these fools. king up other humans that you can see, because you consider them mentally inferior to you.You're still quite vocally advocating plowing cyclists over for daring to have made a geographic error.
Personally, I'd have tried to avoid them, advise, or notify someone in a position better than me to assist.
Diderot said:
Er no. You’re advocating absolving idiot cyclists for illegally riding on a perfectly signed motorway because the utter eejits were maybe colourblind, or too thick, and couldn’t distinguish blue (Motorway) from A road (green). Or was there some other excuse you want to ,are for the cyclists who were riding on a motorway illegally?
And what if the motorway isn't perfectly signed? How do you know?I know for a fact that the motorway restrictions sign is completely absent for the A74(M) northbound at Gretna Services. I noticed that when cycling LEJOG, and reported the issue. Driving through two years later? Well:
And then there was the one that actually caught me out 4 years ago.
Obvious, right?
Well, not at 3am, when the sign isn't even reflective
And with 3 left turns in 300 metres, one being a farm entrance that ADS signs don't count, it's trivial to take the emergency access onto the M40 rather than the A40 one.
Diderot said:
EmailAddress said:
There is quite some arrogance of thought in this thread. Those thinking they should have a completely uninhibited 1x Lepton cruise without hindrance.
Perhaps a moment to reconsider sight lines and consider stopping distances and what scenarios might occur where one may need to anchor on.
Not too advocate any particular activities.
But every thread is an opportunity to evaluate and learn.
Perhaps a moment to reconsider sight lines and consider stopping distances and what scenarios might occur where one may need to anchor on.
Not too advocate any particular activities.
But every thread is an opportunity to evaluate and learn.
on the myriad country lanes around here, I drive to the conditions, the limited sight lines, and I give cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders at least a lane’s worth of room, otherwise I won’t pass (I do get beeped by people but given the state of the roads, I’m not going to jeopardise a cyclist’s welfare). If some brain dead eejits do not understand the Highway Code then what do they or you expect? Someone doing a legal 70mph to slow down to 25 mph whilst some fktards are riding illegally on the motorway? See those blue signs right there? it is illegal to ride a bike on them for a very good reason: eejits might and most likely will get hurt. I hope the driver is compensated for the trauma caused by these fools. EmailAddress said:
I'm afraid you deserve to die for being a fkwit according to some.
No one died (thankfully, and just to remind you it is illegal to ride a bike on a motorway for a very simple reason which you seemingly cannot understand), but somehow you are still trying to defend road users who are not legally permitted to ride on motorways, but yet they did ride illegally on a motorway. And you still see fit to blame the innocent motorist who was legally driving on a motorway and wasn’t expecting eejit cyclists illegally riding down the same motorway that they were not permitted, legally, to be riding on. kwit according to some.I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
Diderot said:
EmailAddress said:
I'm afraid you deserve to die for being a fkwit according to some.
No one died (thankfully, and just to remind you it is illegal to ride a bike on a motorway for a very simple reason which you seemingly cannot understand), but somehow you are still trying to defend road users who are not legally permitted to ride on motorways, but yet they did ride illegally on a motorway. And you still see fit to blame the innocent motorist who was legally driving on a motorway and wasn’t expecting eejit cyclists illegally riding down the same motorway that they were not permitted, legally, to be riding on. kwit according to some.I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
k all those badgers and deer and other detritus too.Just keep plowing on.
I'm not justifying anything. I find it bizarre that your instinct is to keep your foot planted and blame legislation.
Diderot said:
No one died (thankfully, and just to remind you it is illegal to ride a bike on a motorway for a very simple reason which you seemingly cannot understand), but somehow you are still trying to defend road users who are not legally permitted to ride on motorways, but yet they did ride illegally on a motorway. And you still see fit to blame the innocent motorist who was legally driving on a motorway and wasn’t expecting eejit cyclists illegally riding down the same motorway that they were not permitted, legally, to be riding on.
I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
Just to throw one out there - what if the driver of the Audi wasn't driving legally?I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
For example, what if they were speeding? On drugs? On their phone? Not paying due care and attention?
Diderot said:
Or a sign saying, no road users who haven’t read the Highway Code, and who are thick as mince, should be using this stretch of MOTORWAY (the big clue is MOTORWAY) whilst trying to improve their Strava best performances. I hope they make a full recovery and learn their lesson, but in no way should the driver be responsible when the muppets have been so irresponsible and illegally riding on the MOTORWAY.
No Strava/serious cyclist would ever intentionally ride on a motorway, get a grip.Diderot said:
No one died (thankfully, and just to remind you it is illegal to ride a bike on a motorway for a very simple reason which you seemingly cannot understand), but somehow you are still trying to defend road users who are not legally permitted to ride on motorways, but yet they did ride illegally on a motorway. And you still see fit to blame the innocent motorist who was legally driving on a motorway and wasn’t expecting eejit cyclists illegally riding down the same motorway that they were not permitted, legally, to be riding on.
I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
Hitting an 'illegal cyclist' or some such clunkiness is not necessarily legal.I am amused that you are still trying to justify illegal behaviour. You have no leg to stand on.
Oh dear. I have to admire the loyalty to the bitter end and the militant cyclist pile on trying desperately to justify eejit cyclists illegally riding on a motorway. What is difficult about reading big blue signs denoting motorways which are illegal for cyclists, no matter what their assumed IQ is, riding illegally on them? The Highway Code is clear. It is illegal for cyclists to ride on a motorway. It is not difficult for someone who is not as thick as mince to comprehend. Next you’ll be trying to justify cyclists pedalling furiously along a runway at Heathrow blaming a 777 for knocking cyclists off their bikes because of the jet wash or being crushed by their undercarriage whilst trying to set a record on Strava.
Diderot said:
Oh dear. I have to admire the loyalty to the bitter end and the militant cyclist pile on trying desperately to justify eejit cyclists illegally riding on a motorway. What is difficult about reading big blue signs denoting motorways which are illegal for cyclists, no matter what their assumed IQ is, riding illegally on them? The Highway Code is clear. It is illegal for cyclists to ride on a motorway. It is not difficult for someone who is not as thick as mince to comprehend. Next you’ll be trying to justify cyclists pedalling furiously along a runway at Heathrow blaming a 777 for knocking cyclists off their bikes because of the jet wash or being crushed by their undercarriage whilst trying to set a record on Strava.
As a car driver, you have to take a series of tests to prove competence, knowledge of highway code, road signs etc.As a cyclist, not so much.
Gareth79 said:
There are no Strava segments on motorways, get a grip.
Get a grip yourself. Cyclists are not permitted to ride their bikes on motorways. It’s illegal. What issue do have with this very simple concept? It is illegal. These eejits were breaking the law. It is so simple a concept that it beggars belief that anyone with a modicum of intelligence is trying to justify their behaviour. Beyond this reality, it would be worth your while considering why exactly this law, that they wilfully broke, exists to PROTECT them. Anyone with an ounce of common sense will understand why. But seemingly, you cannot. 
Even ignoring the law and I say this as someone who regularly cycles - it's absolutely moronic to even attempt to cycle on a road like that. There's a reason broken down motorists are advised to get out of their cars as quickly as possible and get behind the barrier.
There's a guy who I see fully lycra'd up quite frequently on the A96 West of Aberdeen which while not motorway is built to expressway standard. He ignores the well surfaced cycle path behind the barrier for some reason and dices daily with the 80mph traffic. Absolute lunacy.
There's a guy who I see fully lycra'd up quite frequently on the A96 West of Aberdeen which while not motorway is built to expressway standard. He ignores the well surfaced cycle path behind the barrier for some reason and dices daily with the 80mph traffic. Absolute lunacy.
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